Deep Run (Tohickon Creek tributary)

Deep Run is a tributary of Tohickon Creek which is located in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Deep Run
pushpin map showing location of Deep Run
pushpin map showing location of Deep Run
Location of Deep Run
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipBedminster, Hilltown
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates40°21′45″N 75°11′37″W
  elevation590 feet (180 m)
Mouth 
  coordinates
40°26′5″N 75°8′19″W
  elevation
276 feet (84 m)
Length7.19 miles (11.57 km)
Basin size10.2 square miles (26 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionDeep Run → Tohickon CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
BridgesPennsylvania Route 313 (South Dublin Pike)
Smith School Road
Scott Road
Deep Run Road
Stone Bridge Road
Irish Meetinghouse Road
Hill Road
Kellers Church Road
Quarry Road
Rolling Hills Road
Pennsylvania Route 611 (Easton Road)
Slope43.67 feet per mile (8.271 m/km)

History

Deep Run was so named by the first Irish settlers because it was deep compared to its width. The removal of trees at one time and erosion has lessened its depth.

The Deep Run Mennonite Church and Deep Run Presbyterian Church are located in the Deep Run Valley. The Deep Run schoolhouse dates to 1746 when land was deeded to the Mennonites for this purpose, the structure was a log building. It was first used as a meeting house, then when a second structure was built as a meeting house, the first one became a schoolhouse. It was torn down in 1842. The second schoolhouse was built circa 1844. German was taught exclusively until 1850.[1]

Statistics

Deep Run's GNIS identification number is 1173073, the Pennsylvania Gazatteer of Streams identification number is 03125. The watershed is 10.20 square miles (26.4 km2), and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 6.10 river mile. The headwaters of the stream is at an elevation of 590 feet (180 m) and the mouth is at an elevation of 276 feet (84 m), resulting in a slope of 43.67 feet per mile (8.271 m/km).[2][3]

Course

Deep Run rises just over a half mile south of Dublin west of Pennsylvania Route 313 (Dublin Pike) and is northeast oriented for a short distance where it turns northwest for about a mile, then turns again northeast until it meets with Tohickon Creek near Randts Mill, about a mile from Pipersville.

Geology

Deep Run lies in a band of the Brunswick Formation in the Newark basin formed during the Jurassic and Triassic. Consisting of mudstone, siltstone, reddish-brown shale and some green and some brown shale. Mineralogy includes argillite and hornfels.[4]

Crossings

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Pennsylvania Route 313 (South Dublin Pike)---------
Smith School Road---------
Scott Road452898.2 metres (27 ft)22Steel culvert, bituminous surface1977200740°22'60"N75°11'15"W
Deep Run Road435746.7 metres (22 ft)2-Concrete culvert2006-40°22'60"N75°11'18"W
Stone Bridge Road---------
Irish Meetinghouse Road707756.7 metres (186 ft)23continuous steel stringer/multi-beam or girder1950200840°26'2"N75°8'28"W
Hill Road---------
Kellers Church Road4513125 metres (82 ft)2-Prestressed concrete box beam or girders-multiple, concrete cast-in-place deck, monolithic concrete surface2009-40°24'45"N75°10'32"W
Quarry Road---------
Rolling Hills Road---------
Pennsylvania Route 611 (Easton Road)707720.1 metres (66 ft)23Continuous steel stringer mult-beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck1950200840°26'2"N75°8'28"W

See also

References

  1. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P97.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deep Run
  3. http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 52.
  4. "Pennsylvania Geological Survey". PaGEODE. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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